The $1.5 billion expansion of Manhattan’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has reached a significant milestone, with the selection of LendLease Turner as the design-build team to create a state-of-the-art facility that will draw top tier conferences and events and generate $393 million in annual economic activity.
Following a comprehensive procurement process, five technical committees evaluated proposals. A blue-ribbon panel of government and industry leaders then reviewed and ranked the committees' evaluations, ultimately selecting LendLease Turner as the winning bidder. Design firm TVS is included in the LendLease Turner consortium.
LendLease Turner’s winning proposal provided significant design, logistical and operational benefits including increased atrium space and a commitment to maintaining current operations throughout construction. The project’s major components include: an on-site truck marshaling facility that will reduce relocate 20,000 event-related trucks off area streets each year; 27 new loading docks; additional exhibit space that combined with the existing space will total 500,000 square feet; a 45,000-square-foot state-of-the-art meeting space; a green roof terrace and pavilion; and the largest ballroom of its kind in the New York region, at 55,000 square feet. Relocating trucks off of area streets will cut down the move-in and move-out process for Javits events by 30 percent, and create an additional 20 days of business and economic activity.
Work to ready the site for further expansion has already begun, including necessary utility work and housing for electrical equipment.
The expanded Javits Center, which is already the nation’s busiest convention center, will have a sizable economic impact on the regional economy, adding 4,000 full-time jobs, 2,000 part-time jobs and 3,100 construction jobs. Visitors and convention-goers will book an additional 200,000 hotel room nights each year. The Javits Center had an economic impact of $1.9 billion in 2015, hosting more than 175 events and 2 million visitors.
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